Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

HB 70 — CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to diminution of sentence and parole eligibility for fourth or subsequent nonviolent felony offenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 463.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 08, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 463.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2023.

  3. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2023.

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. Reported favorably (8-0-1).

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.

  19. Prefiled.

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on · 27 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (143)

143 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#802)

Passed 28 Yea · 5 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10102
Republican 17002
Democrat 1402
Total 28506
% of votes cast 72%13%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Fields — Nay
Carter — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Cameron Henry Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#332)

Passed 69 Yea · 31 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 23900
Republican 46102
Democrat 02103
Total 693105
% of votes cast 66%30%0%5%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Romero — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Huval — Yea
Davis — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Magee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
McKnight — Yea
White — Yea
Gaines — Nay
Glover — Nay
Brown — Nay
Marino — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Cormier — Nay
Willard — Nay
Johnson, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Nay
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 70?
HB 70 is sponsored by Ray Garofalo, Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Clay Schexnayder, and Debbie Villio (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 70?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 08, 2023. Enacted.
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